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The United States is currently in the throes of a spiritual awakening, according to author Diana Butler Bass. In her new book Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening,
Bass says we are at a crossroads in history. We can choose to move forward into new emerging spiritualities, or we can heed the siren song of the traditionalists calling us back to a romanticized past where rigid roles have offered security for the powerful and the status quo for everyone else.
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Whosoever May/June 2012
Issue Theme: Come, Holy Spirit
Below are just some of the great articles in the latest issue.
Go to the Table of Contents for more!
Featured Articles:
Can These Bones Live?
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
"Can these bones live?" They can, as long as we understand that living is not a privilege, it is a right - a right of everyone whether we are LGBT or not.
The Last Word
By: Lori Heine
I believe a lot of our spiritual dryness and deadness stems from our hesitancy in trusting that God is bigger than our antagonists.
Pursue Holiness
By: Suzie Chamness
I am convinced that all Christians, regardless of sexual orientation, should pursue a "holy-sexuality."
Inclusivity: More Than a Word
By: Rev. Paul Turner
How can we make EVERYONE welcome in our churches and communities?
Christianity Affirms Same-Sex Love
By: Rev. Dr. Jerry S. Maneker
There is nothing in Scripture that prevents same-sex love and same-sex marriage! Indeed, love is essential to the Christian life, and that love is by no means to be restricted to heterosexual love!
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One New Humanity
He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two, thus making peace, and might reconcile both groups to God in one body through the cross, thus putting to death that hostility through it. So he came and proclaimed peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near; for through him both of us have access in one Spirit to the Parent. -Ephesians 2:15-18
The Apostle Paul is responsible for bringing Gentiles into the Christian fold. His acceptance of the Gentiles was not without opposition by many Jewish Christians. They believed that Gentiles were hopeless sinners, undeserving of God's love. Sound familiar?
As LGBT people whe have been told we are outside the sphere of God's love. Unless we "give up" our sexuality or seek to repress it or deny it we cannot be among God's children. Paul says no to anyone who seeks to exclude people from God's realm. Instead, he tells the Gentiles that those old laws, those old exclusions, are null and void with the coming of Jesus the Christ. Through Christ, God has sought to create "one new humanity" and put "to death that hostility."
How can we be the agents of God's word here? How can we live in reconciliation with those who would kick us out of God's realm? How can we live in a way that reveals to the world that we truly believe that, through Christ, God has created "one new humanity" that includes everyone, no matter their sexual orientation, gender identification, or any other artificial division we create? We'll explore this topic and more in the July/August 2012 issue of Whosoever. If you would like to write on this topic, or any other topic, please send an email to the editor.
Deadline: June 28, 2012
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Keep up with the latest news happening in between issues of Whosoever with the new Whosoever News Blog. A team of bloggers is keeping up with news on marriage equality, movements within the church toward acceptance of LGBT people, and anything else that affects our lives as LGBT Christians. Check it out - and be sure to join the conversation in the comment sections!
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